An Experimental Study on 472 Herbs and Formulas for Herpes Simplex Abstract relating antiviral actions on herpes simplex virus by Zheng Min Shi Department of Microbiology Jiangxi Medical University,China. Herpes information. From "Journal of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine", Vol.10, No.1, pp 39-41, 1990. Results showed ten highly effective Chinese herbal medicine and related formulas used in treatment of herpes.